Esther, John Ben, and Misha have been gone for a few weeks. I keep waiting for the big feelings to hit, but even when I moved my furniture around for the baklava party and found a tell-tale chicken nugget and toy car, no tears welled up in my eyes. I smiled at the evidence ofContinue reading “Back to School in Ohio”
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General Updates
This spring has been a whirlwind of activity. I haven’t written much in the past couple of months because whenever I thought about sitting down to share a story, all that came to mind were snippets of poetry about being underwater and not being able to take a breath. If you had told me lastContinue reading “General Updates”
Now That You’re Here
Our spring break trip to Albuquerque had a different feeling than visits back home over the past eight years since we moved away because in the eyes of everyone here, we are back! On Sunday when Coryn walked into church before us, she told me that there were disappointed looks on the faces that turnedContinue reading “Now That You’re Here”
Moving Home
This June after eight years in Texas, we will move back to Albuquerque, New Mexico. We made the decision ahead of the cold front that put our lives on hold for an entire week. A pause granted to us to sit with our thoughts and feelings. After the whirlwind of considerations and determinations came theContinue reading “Moving Home”
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